Gastric and Pancreatic Function Tests

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Bouchier I. A. D. Radiologic and isotopic investigation of the pancreas. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 63 (1970) 434.

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Grossman M. I. Kirsner J. B. Gillespie I. E. Basal and Histalog-stimulated gastric secretion in control subjects and in patients with peptic ulcer or gastric cancer. Gastroenterology 45 (1963) 14.

Hartley R. C. Gambill E. E. Engstrom G. W. Summerskill W. H. J. Pancreatic exocrine function. Comparison of responses to augmented secretin stimulus, augmented pancreozymin stimulus, and test meal in health and disease. Amer. J. dig. Dis. 11 (1966) 27.

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Lundh G. Pancreatic exocrine function in neoplastic and inflammatory disease; a simple and reliable new test. Gastroenterology 42 (1962) 275.

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Multicentre Study. Intramuscular pentagastrin compared with other stimuli as tests of gastric secretion. Lancet 1 (1969) 341.

Wiggins H. S. A simple method for estimating trypsin. Gut 8 (1967) 415.

Wormsley K. G. The response to infusion of a combination of secretin and pancreozymin in health and disease. Scand. J. Gastroent. 4 (1969) 623.

Zieve L. Silvus S. E. Mulford B. Blackwood W. D. Secretion of pancreatic enzymes. Amer. J. dig. Dis. 11 (1966) 671.